I am afraid to look at the trees
By savypat
@savypat (20216)
United States
April 3, 2011 2:21pm CST
Our fruit trees are in bloom and last night we had a freeze with frost on the ground this morning, the timing is just right for all our trees to loose their fruit. This happened last year and it is such a disapointment when this happens. In the big orchards they use water and smudge pots to save the fruit but with just the few trees we have we can't do that. Oh well, that's how things go when dealing with Mother Nature. I think I'll not look and just wait to see what happens.
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10 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
6 Apr 11
Oh, that was a terrible problem last year. This year, in Kentucky, we've been lucky because the trees are just now starting to come into bloom and there is no sign of any freeze in the near future. I would like to hope that we don't lose the fruit around here this year because the weather last year made the prices of local produce sky high. We didn't get to pick our own fruits last year and that really made my children upset.
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@ultimecea (3)
• United States
4 Apr 11
What kind of fruit trees are the because I thought that some fruit trees can withstand a freeze or two?
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
4 Apr 11
Well, there's nothing you can do about it so you may as well not look!
My flowering pear trees may not flower this year because we had snow and frost when the trees budded. It hailed, too, and the streets are full of buds that have been knocked off the poor trees!
Oh well, there's always next year!
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Apr 11
I hope the trees and their fruit are still intact. It would be so disappointing to see then wrecked after the hard work that has gone into caring for them. I guess that is what growers everywhere must dread. It is all up to Mother Nature and no one can do anything...Hope they will be okay and when you do look you will be pleasantly surprised...
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
4 Apr 11
hi pat, sorry to hear your worry friend really heartbreaking because of the time element and come to think of it , it's already a fruit, then gone. It's like so near yet so far. We do not have frost in the Philippines but what we fear is the typhoons, if it hits your tree while flowering or while the fruits are still young then that's it,you'll find everything on the ground. Yes that's how thing's go when dealing with mother nature, good luck on your plants.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
3 Apr 11
We had that happen two years running. Last year was a good fruit crop year for us though. I hope that the freeze did not drop low enough or last long enough to ruin your fruit.
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